Just a personal note

[inkfreq]

Not really sure if there's a place to really post, but since so many of the guys from the Lions board messaged me to send me their support, I figured this would do.

My case has been dismissed. It seems the DA got to the bottom of things when the cops wouldn't. All charges against me have been dismissed, my trial vacated, and I am good to go again.

Which is a relief, because trial was due to start tomorrow morning. They sure waited until the last minute to make it official.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Not really sure if there's a place to really post, but since so many of the guys from the Lions board messaged me to send me their support, I figured this would do.

My case has been dismissed. It seems the DA got to the bottom of things when the cops wouldn't. All charges against me have been dismissed, my trial vacated, and I am good to go again.

Which is a relief, because trial was due to start tomorrow morning. They sure waited until the last minute to make it official.

Congrats!!

Now on to the important things in life........Lions coaching staff and if CJ retires!!!!!!!

 

[inkfreq]

Congrats!!

Now on to the important things in life........Lions coaching staff and if CJ retires!!!!!!!

Amen bud. Glad I will be around another season to watch the team get better.

 

[sggatecl]

Which is a relief, because trial was due to start tomorrow morning. They sure waited until the last minute to make it official.

I wonder if they did that as a final kick in the nuts out of embarrassment on their part. Anyways, very glad to hear you got it cleared up. Hope this is a burden off your shoulders and it never happens again.

 

[Monster]

Did I miss this? What happened, Ink?

 

[thehippo73]

Good news!! I would hate to lose your contributions to these boards. Your reasoned thoughts would have been missed. I haven't always agreed with your ideas but have at least seen your point of view.

But I still hold a grudge for your love of the 2014 draft and your support of the Ebron and Van Noy picks. I know your hindsight has cleared up those missteps. lol

 

[Mitchrapp]

Congrats, Ink. No more false charges for you.

 

[boogerlovejoy]

Good news!! I would hate to lose your contributions to these boards. Your reasoned thoughts would have been missed. I haven't always agreed with your ideas but have at least seen your point of view.

But I still hold a grudge for your love of the 2014 draft and your support of the Ebron and Van Noy picks. I know your hindsight has cleared up those missteps. lol

C'mon......that Van Noy pick SEEMED to be a great pick at the time.

IIRC....it was pretty universally like at the time.

 

[thehippo73]

C'mon......that Van Noy pick SEEMED to be a great pick at the time.

IIRC....it was pretty universally like at the time.

You are right about Van Noy. But I didn't know much about him and Ink's support and description of him pulled me in like sheep.

 

[cheeno]

Great to hear Ink, to be honest I would have been shocked if it had went any other way. I think I'm a decent judge of character and despite only knowing you only from these boards, I've always respected your thoughtfulness and demeanour which is evident in your writing. Congratulations on putting that behind you, I'm sure it was tough.

 

[inkfreq]

Did I miss this? What happened, Ink?

Monster, not that it's not a tad humiliating, but you guys are my boys, so I will fill you in.

In April of 2013, I was accused by my oldest step daughter of raping her. Let me stop here and say she is very mentally disturbed, so bear that in mind.

Over the last several years, I have been going through an ordeal with CPS, who refused (despite all evidence to the contrary) that I was innocent.

In the process, I was accused of being a drug addict who shot up into my junk in front of my kids. My wife was accused of being an addict as well.

Medical tests were run on my girls, all were returned negative. I passed 13 drug tests, including a hair follicle test that went back over a year, and came back clean.

My daughter posted a video on social media admitting she lied and even went so far as to try to fake medical evidence (and failed) in order to get even with me for grounding her from her cell phone.

In January of last year, I was arrested after being indicted by a Grand Jury on 12 counts of rape. My son (how he came into this I still don't know) was arrested the same day on four counts of rape.

Over the last year, we have both been facing the possibility of life in prison, because in Arizona, even one count can put you away for life. A man recently got 306 years with no possibility of parole for fewer counts.

The Prosecutor decided to look a little deeper. She found out about the video confession from my attorney, because the cops never gave that to her. She found out that during interviews with my daughters, my oldest step-daughter told the girls she would kill them in their sleep if they didn't go along with her story. She found out about the medical exams and drug tests.

She determined that there was no case here, and that my oldest step-daughter was clearly lying. She chose to re-interview her, and by step-daughter told her I was holding a knife to her making her shoot the video confession. However, when the video was made, I was in Louisiana, not Arizona, and had all my travel receipts from work.

The prosecutor knew I was innocent and my daughter was lying. My case has now been dismissed, and my daughter, who is 18 now, is being charged with falsifying information in an investigation.

Long story short, my life has been hell for several years now, and I was due to go to trial for a life sentence (or what amounts to it anyway) tomorrow morning.

 

[inkfreq]

You are right about Van Noy. But I didn't know much about him and Ink's support and description of him pulled me in like sheep.

Hippo, I STILL like the Ebron and Van Noy picks. I don't think Van Noy has been given the playing time yet, but that's not surprising at this phase of his career and with a pretty deep LB corps.

Ebron I am still in support of, because it means we can forget about Droptimus Prime, and that's all I care about. Was it worth a top 10 pick? No. But if Ebron is taking snaps from Droptimus, I am happy at the end of the day.

 

[inkfreq]

Great to hear Ink, to be honest I would have been shocked if it had went any other way. I think I'm a decent judge of character and despite only knowing you only from these boards, I've always respected your thoughtfulness and demeanour which is evident in your writing. Congratulations on putting that behind you, I'm sure it was tough.

Yes, it's been tough. But I was amazed at the outpouring of support from you guys on this board and the people in my daily life.

I never expected to have so many people have my back facing charges of this magnitude. It was the single most stunning part of the entire thing for me.

I feel very lucky to have such amazing people in my life who would stand with me on something this ugly.

I feel very vindicated after all of this though. I wanted to be found not guilty, but to me it feels even better to have the DA say "hey, this guy is not guilty" and dismiss it.

 

[cheeno]

Yes, it's been tough. But I was amazed at the outpouring of support from you guys on this board and the people in my daily life.

I never expected to have so many people have my back facing charges of this magnitude. It was the single most stunning part of the entire thing for me.

I feel very lucky to have such amazing people in my life who would stand with me on something this ugly.

I feel very vindicated after all of this though. I wanted to be found not guilty, but to me it feels even better to have the DA say "hey, this guy is not guilty" and dismiss it.

Hey I'm glad the board could provide a little relief. Sure does put all of our little disagreements over players and the like into perspective though.

 

[Monster]

Monster, not that it's not a tad humiliating, but you guys are my boys, so I will fill you in.

In April of 2013, I was accused by my oldest step daughter of raping her. Let me stop here and say she is very mentally disturbed, so bear that in mind.

Over the last several years, I have been going through an ordeal with CPS, who refused (despite all evidence to the contrary) that I was innocent.

In the process, I was accused of being a drug addict who shot up into my junk in front of my kids. My wife was accused of being an addict as well.

Medical tests were run on my girls, all were returned negative. I passed 13 drug tests, including a hair follicle test that went back over a year, and came back clean.

My daughter posted a video on social media admitting she lied and even went so far as to try to fake medical evidence (and failed) in order to get even with me for grounding her from her cell phone.

In January of last year, I was arrested after being indicted by a Grand Jury on 12 counts of rape. My son (how he came into this I still don't know) was arrested the same day on four counts of rape.

Over the last year, we have both been facing the possibility of life in prison, because in Arizona, even one count can put you away for life. A man recently got 306 years with no possibility of parole for fewer counts.

The Prosecutor decided to look a little deeper. She found out about the video confession from my attorney, because the cops never gave that to her. She found out that during interviews with my daughters, my oldest step-daughter told the girls she would kill them in their sleep if they didn't go along with her story. She found out about the medical exams and drug tests.

She determined that there was no case here, and that my oldest step-daughter was clearly lying. She chose to re-interview her, and by step-daughter told her I was holding a knife to her making her shoot the video confession. However, when the video was made, I was in Louisiana, not Arizona, and had all my travel receipts from work.

The prosecutor knew I was innocent and my daughter was lying. My case has now been dismissed, and my daughter, who is 18 now, is being charged with falsifying information in an investigation.

Long story short, my life has been hell for several years now, and I was due to go to trial for a life sentence (or what amounts to it anyway) tomorrow morning.

Shit, dude. That's fucked up. I'm glad you were cleared, but I know this is still hard on you and will be for a while. Being accused of something so disgusting, especially by family, is one of the worst things out there.

 

[inkfreq]

Shit, dude. That's fucked up. I'm glad you were cleared, but I know this is still hard on you and will be for a while. Being accused of something so disgusting, especially by family, is one of the worst things out there.

It's hard for sure. But, I'm still too numb to know how I will feel in the morning.

I can hardly believe it's over.

 

[tonyballs]

Bitter sweet news, brother! Happy for ya, but the family part must be burning you inside. I can't even begin to imagine what you've been through, but i hope you guys pull through as a family. Cheers!

 

[kalinecountry]

Inkfreq, I did not know about this. What a horrible ordeal you have had to go through all this time. Thank God the truth came out and justice prevailed.
Where do you go from here with this stepdaughter? Wait until she is 18 and put her out on her own? Send her away to school for that duration of time?
What does your wife think of all this and her daughter? Just terrible, all because of disciplining her by taking her cell phone away. That's messed up.
In some ways, being here on the Lions board saved you, helped get your mind off this made up yet serious accusation. Congratulations.

 

[elrod817]

ink, glad the truth came to light brother!

With my sporadic visits to the board I only caught about half the story, I knew you were facing charges of rape, but didn't realize how convoluted and fucked up the situation actually was. Even then I thought, "how does a guy like ink get accused of something like this?" Of course, I only know you through your posts, but you've always come across as genuine and a man of class and honor.

Like the rest of our family here, I'm sorry you had to experience all of this, but am that much happier that you persevered (I think they gave you an option to plea bargain at one point) and are now in a position to put your life back together...you know...get back to some slow cookin' the ink way!

Cheers!

 

[grandy]

Glad to hear you made it through Ink, can't imagine how awful of an ordeal that must've been. It's reassuring to know that facts, evidence, and truth won in the end.

Of all the Lions fans here, you always seem to be the voice of reason, and hopefully for many more years to come.